by Leslie Cox; Friday; August 30, 2024

A new visitor to our garden. John found this guy in the Physocarpus opulifolius Diablo®…or ninebark. Just hanging around like it is in the photo.

As near as we have been able to determine, this is the larval stage of a species of the Pachysphinx moth. Pretty soon it will drop down to the ground and burrow into the soil where it will pupate through the winter months.